| All Wickets Great and Small: In Search of Yorkshire's Grassroots Cricket Contributor(s): Fuller, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 178531162X ISBN-13: 9781785311628 Publisher: Pitch Publishing OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Cricket |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nothing stops for cricket in Yorkshire. Passion runs deep, beyond those in whites, to the groundsmen, tea ladies, scorers, and umpires who embody the game. All Wickets Great and Small is a romp across the landscape of amateur cricket in Yorkshire during the summer of 2015. Author John Fuller looks at the key issues affecting the grassroots game: the struggles to attract players, funding shortages, natural disasters and the social dynamics that can threaten a captain's 11 on a Saturday. What shape is the grassroots game in and can it still survive and thrive? From vicars and imams socking sixes in Dewsbury to heritage clubs hitting social media out of the park, this is the story of sleeves-rolled-up cricket at its best in the county that locals call "God's own." |